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20,779 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Brazil, people injured in Burkina Faso and refugees in Congo. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 32 in 100 of its 386 stories, usually 16
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

123 of its 386 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Congo

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

118 of its 287 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Istanbul accounted for 60 of Türkiye's 118 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

191 of its 443 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

475 of its 1,255 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Philippines

249 of its 841 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

18 of its 50 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 5 of Libreville's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Egypt (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Saudi Arabia (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in France (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in UK (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Sep. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 20,779 stories about harm among 117,614 counted on 6 Sep.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 31 May 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 117,614 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. In Brazil, 32% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. On 6 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Syria62 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine49 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria47 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran47 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Atlanta US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Hollywood US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 New York US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualArkansas, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsMendenhall River, US -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 127 outletsKampala, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsBletchley, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 121 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsChitral, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 64 stories, carried by 118 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 41 stories, carried by 54 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Arkansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Mendenhall River US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories ● Kampala Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Bletchley UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,528 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice21% 4,349 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,926 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 2,307 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,014 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 965 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 766 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 455 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed4,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,082 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations121 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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